Pete Seeger: Looking back on a legendary figure

7:47 AM,
Jan. 28, 2014

Written by

John W. Barry, Gannett

Dutchess Junction resident Pete Seeger introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to the song, "We Shall Overcome," offered advice on living long to President Barack Obama and inspired an album released by Bruce Springsteen.

But for all his achievements, all the history he left behind, Seeger would probably be the first to tell you that he got as much satisfaction chopping wood at his Hudson Valley home, or leading a song at the Strawberry Festival in Beacon, as he did performing for a president or drawing a sold-out crowd to Madison Square Garden.